Liams



(No Model.)

H. D. B. WILLIAMS.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

Patented Sept. 8

la i l; uw X INEE/vra@ g. @9% l UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

HUBBARD B. IVILLIAMS, OF MANSFIELD, OllIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH P. HUMMEL AND IVORTH H. GURNEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,261, dated September 8, 1891.

Application led January 28, 1891. Serial No. 379,406. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: The bar or plate is provided with grooves Be it known that I, HUBBARD D. B. NVIL- or channels OX on the upper and lower face LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing for the operating-cord to rest in and be out of at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and the path ot` the wheels of the car. 55 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and On the supports or hangers are placed the useful Improvements in Store-Service Appasleeves or thimbles E, which are adjustable ratus; and I do declare the following to be a vertically thereon, and are retained at the defull, clear, and exact description of the invensired point by set-screws F, and the sleeves tion, such as will enable others skilled in the also carry guide-pulleys G. 6o Io art to which it appertains to make and use the The propelling or operating cord I-I is sesame. cured at one end .l to the plate or bar C, rests Hy invention relates to improvements in in the groove on the under side or face thereof, store-service apparatus; and the object of my passes upward through an opening K in the invention is to provide a cash-carrier which bar C, then over the guide -pulley G, and 63 15 will be of simple, strong, and durable condown through an opening in said bar, the struction, which will be of ornamental apfree end being in reach of the operator and pearance, which will be easy to operate and heilig preferably provided with a handle or thoroughly efticient, and which can be propull. The purpose of passing the propelling duced at a low price. cord through plate C and carrying it along 7o 2o To attain the desired objects the invention the under side ot' said plate is to secure adconsists of a cash-carrier apparatus conditional friction for the car or carrier, as is structed substantially as herein illustrated, evident, and the grooves in the plate are tadescribed, and specifically defined by the pering, as shown. claims. vThe car consists of the lower section K and 75 25 Figure l represents a side elevation of a the upper section KX, adapted to be secured cash-carrier apparatus constructed in accordtogether and the lower section removed, as ance with and embodying my invention. Fig. Well known. The upper sect-ion is provided 2 represents a vertical sectional view thereof. with lugs or uprights L, in which are jour- Fig. 3 represents an enlarged transverse secnaled the upper track wheels or rollers M and 8o 3o tional View of the grooved track and parts the lower wheels N. The journals of the of the wheels and car. Fig. al. represents a lower wheels N are arranged in slotted bearmodiiied form of my invention. Fig. 5 repings O in the uprights and the boxes P, and resents a side view of the car; and Fig'. 6 repin said boxes P are arranged coiled springs Q, resents a transverse section of the car, the which bearagainst thejournalsof said wheels 85 3 5 wheels being in elevation. N, the purpose ot whichis to cause said wheels Referring by letter to the drawings, in to bear against the channeled bars or plates which similar letters denote corresponding at each station and retain the car until it is parts in the several views, Adesignates a supforced away. port or hanger, one of which is provided at In the modilied form of my inventionl em- 9o 4o each station and which is firmly secured to ploy a different form of car and the propelthe ceiling or other suitable support. ling-cord is passed through the plate C and I have shown only one of the supports or connected near its free end by means of an hangers; but the construction will be readily adjustable sleeve R to the cord itself. The understood, as each station employs the same car rides upon said cord and brings themem- 9 5 45 character of hanger. bers R thereof near each other. The spread- The lower end of the support or hanger is ing of said members propels the car on the threaded, and to it is secured the sleeve or track. thimbleB,havingconnectedtheretoor formed The operation of my cash-carrier will be therewith the bar or plate C, which forms a readily understood from the description and roc 5o partof the track, the track-wire D being sen drawings,and,brieliystated,isasfollows: The cured to the inner end of said bar or plate. car is in its normal or initial position, as

shown in Fig. l, and by pulling downward on the propelling-cord the cord is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, which forces the car along the track, and at the other station the car rides upon the plate or bar, and the lower roller, by reason of its spring or elastic bearing, acts as a brake upon the said bar and stops the car, and when it is desired to propel the car to the other station the cord is pulled down, as before, and the operation is repeated, as will be readily understood. The adjustment of the sleeves allows the throw of the propelling-cord to be changed to suit circumstances, and also adjusts the length of said cord.

To all conversant with apparatus of this character Vit will be readily apparent that it possesses the features of merit necessary and which are calculated to commend it as a thoroughly practical and useful cash-carrier, and further comment is unnecessary.

Having fully described my invention, I claim* 1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the hangers having the lower ends threaded, the plates having the sleeves on the outer ends threaded to it on the hangers and having the` upper and lower faces formed with tapering grooves, the track-Wire connecting the plates, the car traveling on the track and plates and having the lower wheels provided with yielding bearings, the guide-pulleys, and the propellin g-cords passing through the trackf plates and over the guide-pulleys, all arranged and operating as described.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the hangers having the lower ends threaded, the plates having the sleeves on the outer ends threaded to fit on the hangers and having the upper and lower faces formed with tapering grooves, the track-wire connecting the plates, the car being adapted to travel on the plates and track, the guide-pulleys on the hangers, and the propelling -cords passing through the track-plates and over the guidepulleys, all arranged and adapted to operate as described. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HUBBARD D. B. XVILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

T. Y. MCCRAY, WM. N. MOORE. 

